Andrew Dakich, Buckeye Basketball Player
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-basketball/2017/11/87699/acro…
Unlike Justin Boren, I do wish him well. He's dedicated his life to basketball and to get one more year to play at the elite college level is something that's hard to turn down, even it's in Columbus. Of course, against Michigan, I hope he lays goose eggs all over the floor.
November 9th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
November 9th, 2017 at 9:21 PM ^
He put in his blood, tears and sweat into the basketball program. Only reason why he chose OSU is scholarship and a chance for a PT. Would you pass up a full ride scholarship if OSU come calling for your name and they're one of the two schools offering you that chance? If you said no, you're likely an idiot.
November 9th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
November 9th, 2017 at 9:34 PM ^
You ever think that maybe he doesn't want to make his parents pay about five figures of tuition dollars just so he can kowtow to your idea of a "Michigan Man"? You act like it's chump change. He's got a shot to play transfer and play at a major D1 school, for free. Not a tough decision.
November 10th, 2017 at 8:44 AM ^
$60K - tuition, room and board - so yeah, you got that right.
November 10th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^
Didn't realize we had so many psychologists offering their expert opinion into the cognitive and behavioral organizations of this young man
November 9th, 2017 at 9:37 PM ^
Scholarship matters to kids. It tells them that they worked hard to earn the scholarship and it's something that they can say they're a scholarship athlete, not walk-on athlete.
If you're in the same shoe and pass up a full ride scholarship to a rival team which happen to be the only one, and you rather walk on to a school. You're an idiot.
November 9th, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^
November 10th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
for the edit. It makes a lot of sense when the post has been deleted.
November 9th, 2017 at 9:38 PM ^
November 9th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
DPJ should be a walk-on and save us a scholarship. So selfish.
November 10th, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^
His dad probably can't afford to pay DPJ's tuition, as he is probably still paying off his own student loans.
November 10th, 2017 at 7:38 AM ^
it if I turned down a full ride to another school only because of a rivalry. Primarily a rivalry in a different sport, mind you. Also, scholarships cover a lot more than just tuition.
November 10th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
Yeah. I think it's a bit different basketball vs football when it comes to rivalries. It's not like the kid jumped to MSU basketball.
I'd be more analogous in football if he went to some random mediocre Big Ten team like Iowa or Northwestern.
OSU is a nothingburger when it comes to basketball.
November 10th, 2017 at 8:24 AM ^
Who cares if his parents can theoretically afford it? Why would you ask your parents to pay some 5 figures of cash for you when you could go to a top 100 university for free?
I swear some of you guys are so blinded by sports as to be incapable of seeing how easy of a decision this is for the Dakich family. Playing time at a big school + very good school + free = duh
November 9th, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
November 9th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
Well, no one's offering you a scholarship. So...
November 9th, 2017 at 9:51 PM ^
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November 10th, 2017 at 7:47 PM ^
November 9th, 2017 at 9:58 PM ^
Sure you did.
November 9th, 2017 at 10:01 PM ^
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November 9th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^
November 10th, 2017 at 5:54 AM ^
What was the other school, anyone know? Seriously, I could not see myself attending that school, wearing those colors, learning that fight song. Being on the TEAM??? No, that would Eff with me psychologically. I'd seriously think about giving up basketball before signing up with THEM. I'd probably go to the other school.
November 10th, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
If I remember correctly, the other school was Quinnipiac. So he had a chance to play Big Ten ball on scholarship, or go to The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
November 10th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
but they ended up not having room for him in the graduate program he wanted. Butler was the other school recruiting him. When their coach left for OSU, he offered him a spot there. He might well have still had a spot at Butler under LaVall Jordan, but maybe not.
November 9th, 2017 at 9:37 PM ^
November 9th, 2017 at 9:38 PM ^
for the rest of your life then
November 10th, 2017 at 11:24 AM ^
My wife went out-of-state to Northwestern. This is mostly accurate.
November 10th, 2017 at 3:13 PM ^
Northwestern's private, so she would have paid the same regardless, right?
November 9th, 2017 at 9:40 PM ^
And play for a basketball program with about an iota of OSU's success since, well, the beginning of time, purely for a principle that people care about on the internet?
Stop attacking college kids for making consequential life decisions with their interests in mind and not yours.
November 10th, 2017 at 6:06 AM ^
OSU sucked last year; Northwestern got to the dance for the first time in forever. Then they went and won that first game and nearly the second; those were good times in Evanston. Also, the guy said what he would do he didn't say anything about Andrews' decision that I saw.
November 10th, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^
I mean, I would have sold my left nut to get into Northwestern at all... but your point stands.
November 9th, 2017 at 10:31 PM ^
Principled, maybe. Stupid, for sure.
And before you mention Northwestern is a better school, I'll point out it's well-established that your major matters so much more than your school when looking for jobs.
November 10th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
"I'll point out it's well-established that your major matters so much more than your school when looking for jobs."
This is not well-established and perhaps even false.
There are tons of Harvard grads who majored in humanities that would get jobs at Facebook over a CS grad from Ohio State.
The patriarchy of Ivy League schools isn't even a poorly-kept secret; people brag and laugh about it.
November 10th, 2017 at 8:50 AM ^
This is just silly from a money standpoint.
November 9th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
Sometimes people make the best decisions for their own lives, and it's not what you want. It's his life. You're just a guy on the internet.
November 9th, 2017 at 9:35 PM ^
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November 10th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
This comment would have 20 upvotes it came from FauxMo.
November 10th, 2017 at 8:43 PM ^